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Hundreds of free software advocates sign open letter seeking removal of Richard Stallman and entire FSF board saying he “has no place” in their community

Open letter signed by hundreds: RMS “has no place” in free software community.  —  Richard Stallman's return …

Ars Technica Jon Brodkin

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  • @eaf4 Edward Faulkner on x
    This is clear cut: Stallman needs to go, along with everybody at the FSF that thought it was a good idea to bring him back. None of the excuses for his pattern of behavior come anywhere close to meeting the bar of acceptable behavior for a leader. https://arstechnica.com/...
  • @mozilla @mozilla on x
    We can't demand better of the internet if we don't demand better of our leaders, colleagues and ourselves. We're with the Open Source Diversity Community, Outreachy & the Software Conservancy project in supporting this petition: https://rms-open-letter.github.io/
  • @mattl Dr. Matt Lee on x
    Encouraging anyone involved in free and open source communities to sign https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ #uninstallman